Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)

The Minister failed to answer my questions on two of the three issues I raised. Irish farmers do not have a problem competing with other European countries in the area of ethanol production. Competing with sugar cane plantations in Brazil is making life potentially impossible for them. The Minister raised the prospect of importing unrefined ethanol from other European countries. The Irish market is capable of competing with other European markets.

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